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Louisiana House passes bill outlawing sale of e-cigarettes to minors

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Sale of e-cigarettes and other alternative tobacco products would be made illegal to minors if a bill that passed the Louisiana Senate Thursday, April 24, 2014, is adopted into law.
(Alan Diaz, The Associated Press)

At-a-Glance: A bill outlawing the sale of electronic cigarettes or other alternative nicotine products to minors passed in the Louisiana House with a unanimous vote Thursday (April 24). Alternative forms of nicotine products in recent years have exploded on the market. The products, which generally don't contain many of the harmful effects traditional cigarettes, can be used as a method to quit smoking. But some are concerned the products can turn on minors to nicotine.

The bill: House Bill 1264, sponsored by Rep. Frank Hoffman, R-West Monroe, would add alternative nicotine products, such as electronic cigarettes or any product that contains nicotine "that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed, absorbed, dissolved or ingested by any other means," to the current law regulating the unlawful sale of tobacco products.